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The greatest gift is the gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
2008-07-23
Layers
60:25
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Andrea Fella
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Often we experience ourselves as a complex interweaving of layers of habits, beliefs and emotions. Investigating the obvious aspects of the outer layer, and being aware of our attitude about that layer, the layers gradually dissolve. The pairing of the wisdom of acceptance with the clarity of mindfulness guides us through our moment to moment experience towards freedome.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Insight Meditation
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2008-07-17
Embracing Suffering
50:05
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Ajahn Sucitto
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(Given on Asalha Puja, commemorating the occasion when the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths.) A lot of our practice is about squaring up to the first noble truth of suffering rather than wriggling away from it. Mindfulness of body provides a channel to open up to suffering, where it can be experienced in terms of energies rather than thoughts and emotions.
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Cittaviveka
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2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
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2008-05-10
A Little Renunciation
32:45
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Ayya Medhanandi
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How training the mind in following precepts, such as the rules regarding the use of four monastic requisites - food, robes, shelter, and medicines, can win us greater patience, faith, gratitude, calm, courage, and mindfulness. Such ways of renunciation test our commitment to the path and teach us how to forgive and let go even our fears so that we harvest the riches of joy, compassion and inner peace.
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Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community (TBC)
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2008-03-06
I Know I'm Stuck And I Still Can't Get Out!
56:08
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James Baraz
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Mindfulness practice helps us see clearly how we’re creating suffering for ourselves with our insecurities, self-judgments, judgments of others or other conditioned reactions. But often seeing these isn’t enough to release their hold on us. In fact, sometimes it’s more frustrating to see them but still feel as stuck as ever. We’ll explore how to work with this predicament wisely so we 1) don’t have to be at the mercy of our lofty ideals of good practice can use some simple but effective methods for moving to a greater place of well-being.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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